On the back of this玳瑁海龟, a large number of barnacles had attached themselves. The brilliant shell had caved in from the middle, giving its overall shape an '8'.
Clearly, something had once been wrapped around the玳瑁龟's body, causing its shell to develop abnormally.
According to Yang Lin's guess, it was most likely caused by marine debris.
Besides the physical deformity, he could also sense that the great sea turtle seemed to be in some pain.
After a series of examinations, he quickly reached a conclusion.
"There are foreign objects in its respiratory tract and digestive system, no wonder they weren't confident in curing it."
Realizing this, Yang Lin couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for the great sea turtle, who had lived for who knows how many years.
The next second, a basic healing spell was cast upon it.
The great sea turtle, which had been filled with panic and anxiety, instantly calmed down.
"Alright, bear with it for a moment. I'll examine the other animals before I treat you."
With that said, Yang Lin's gaze shifted to another marine creature beside it.
Ugly, very ugly, extremely ugly. This was Yang Lin's first impression upon seeing this creature.
Undoubtedly, it was the second ugliest aquatic animal he had seen so far, apart from Li Yongxin.
But as he kept looking, he suddenly felt a hint of cuteness within it.
"By the way, is this thing really the prototype of the legendary mermaid?"
"How did people in the past connect this thing with mermaids?"
As Yang Lin was thinking, he also opened the related information for the creature in front of him.
[Female Dugong (Minor Injury, Pregnant) 11 years old, Neutral]
Although it wasn't the first time he had heard the name of this creature, Yang Lin had never seen one before.
What surprised him even more was that this female dugong was actually pregnant.
"No wonder it looked a bit off. I didn't expect it to be carrying a baby."
"If it's just a minor injury, then it's much simpler."
With this thought, Yang Lin immediately cast a basic healing spell.
The female dugong's mental state immediately improved.
However, perhaps due to the impending delivery, its overall condition still seemed to be somewhat precarious.
Yang Lin then exerted all his strength to transfer it from the aquarium to the saltwater area of the aquarium.
After dealing with the dugong, Yang Lin began to examine the conditions of the other animals.
These included a spotted seal bitten by some kind of sea snake.
A Chinese white dolphin severely injured by a propeller.
Two scalloped hammerhead sharks bitten by something unknown.
And several nautiluses that were on the verge of death.
After providing simple treatment for the injuries of these marine animals and confirming that they would not die in the short term, Yang Lin's gaze turned to the last injured marine animal.
A giant manta ray that had flipped onto its back.
As a regular visitor to various aquariums, even though Yang Lin had seen them several times, he still couldn't help but want to laugh when he saw the manta ray's cute, blank face.
However, he knew that it wasn't the time to laugh. Judging by the bubbles constantly emerging from the manta ray's mouth, it was only a step away from death.
While other animals might be saved by other means, he truly had no confidence in saving this manta ray.
Realizing this, Yang Lin quickly opened its talent panel.
[Manta Ray (Near Death) 3 years old, Indifferent]
[Intimidate (Green Talent) Requires 1 Talent Point to activate]
[Jump (Green Talent) Requires 1 Talent Point to activate]
[Glide (Green Talent) Requires 1 Talent Point to activate]
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"It's not just severely injured, it's near death? That serious."
After looking at the manta ray's condition, Yang Lin dared not delay any further and immediately invested a talent point into its Glide talent.
As soon as this talent was activated, the manta ray, which had already started to blow bubbles, immediately came back to life.
Before Yang Lin could move it to the saltwater area, it suddenly leaped out of the aquarium.
The next second, to Yang Lin's astonishment, the carpet-like manta ray flew directly towards the saltwater pool in the aquarium.
Even while flying, it was able to use its fins to slightly adjust its direction.
For some reason, Yang Lin was reminded of the Green Bull Daredevil Squad from the past.
It was exactly the same.
While he was in a daze, the manta ray had already flown more than ten meters and splashed into the saltwater area designated for marine life.
Once in the water, the manta ray immediately revealed its playful side, and before long, it was playing with the dolphins inside.
Seeing that the manta ray was no longer in danger, Yang Lin turned his attention back to the previously injured marine animals.
First was the spotted seal, whose face had already turned somewhat purple.
Contrary to his earlier assumption, this spotted seal hadn't been bitten by a sea snake; it had greedily eaten one.
The half-eaten sea snake corpse in its mouth was the evidence.
"Another glutton."
At this moment, Yang Lin couldn't help but think of a creature on land that ate venomous snakes like spicy sticks – the mongoose.
"Right, I still have that poison resistance talent that I haven't used. Why don't I give it to this guy?"
Thinking of the talent he had obtained from a treasure chest earlier, Yang Lin quickly retrieved it and bestowed it upon the spotted seal.
The next second, this spotted seal, which had been with a purple face and foaming at the mouth, suddenly jumped up.
However, the first thing it did after being fully revived made Yang Lin want to laugh and cry.
It suddenly picked up the half-eaten sea snake corpse on the ground, then tilted its head and swallowed it.
Immediately after swallowing, it acted as if it were drunk, but this poisoned state lasted for less than two seconds before it returned to normal, even showing a hint of lingering desire.
Yang Lin naturally had nowhere else to find sea snakes for it, so he brought a ball to distract it.
After the playful spotted seal left, Yang Lin proceeded to treat the Chinese white dolphin and the scalloped hammerhead sharks one by one.
Although they were severely injured, it only took the expenditure of a talent point.
On the other hand, the玳瑁龟 with the severely deformed body was the most troublesome.
This was because not only was its shell deformed, but it also seemed to have swallowed some foreign object in its stomach.
While awakening talents could heal its injuries, the foreign object in its stomach could not be removed.
After much deliberation, Yang Lin quickly made a decision.
Not long after making this decision, he found a series of tools.
The most striking among them was an angle grinder.
He intended to use this angle grinder to open the玳瑁龟's shell and remove the foreign object from its abdomen.